Alexander Stewart Herschel
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| Alexander Stewart Herschel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 February 1836 |
| Died | 18 June 1907 (aged 71) |
| Known for | Astronomer, Physicist |
Professor Alexander Stewart Herschel (February 5, 1836 – June 18, 1907) was a British astronomer, born in Feldhausen, South Africa.
He was the son of John Herschel and the grandson of William Herschel. Although much less well known than either of them, he did pioneering work in meteor spectroscopy. He also worked on identifying comets as the source of meteor showers. The Herschel graph, the smallest non-Hamiltonian polyhedral graph, is named after Herschel due to his pioneering work on Hamilton's Icosian game.
[edit] References
- Millman, Peter M. (1980), "The Herschel Dynasty – Part III: Alexander Stewart Herschel", Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 74 (5): 279–290, Bibcode 1980JRASC..74..279M.
